Garter.



No. 869.228. PATENTED OUT. 29. 190.7. G. L. BURTON 6a G. J. FULLER.'l

GARTER.

APPLULTION FILED APB.. 2,1907.

:UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE..

GRANVILLE L. BURTON-AND CLIFFORD il. FULLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y..

GARTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.A

Patented oct. as, 1907.

Application iiled April 2. 1907. Serial No. 365.918.`

To`all 'whom it may concern:

v 'Be it known' that we, GRANVILLE L. BURTON and CLIFFORD .J FULLER, both citizens oi the United States, i

and residents oi the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and Stateof New York, have jointly invented` certain new and useful Improvements in Garters, of which the following is a specification.

O ur invention relates to rnens 'garters and has for its ,objectto provide a garterwhich will hold a sock firmly -at more than one point and'not only prevent it from cur when a sock is supported 'at one point only.l These advantages we aim toattain Without causing any' discomfort to the wearer, the garter being so arranged that it will not bind or press the leg unduly at any point.

A garter embodying our improvements is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l shows the garter spread out flat; Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the garter in use; Figx3 is a cross section on IineB-I-B'oi Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of'Fig. 1.

`It will be understood that the drawing represents only examples of the invention, and that various modifica tions may be made without departing from the nature of our invention as defined in the appended' claim'.

The improved garter comprises two straps A Vand B which may be made of elastic or of comparatively inelastic material, and these straps are crossed, being con# nected by a slide C at the crossing point so that each of the straps may beadjusted lengthwise by slipping it through such slide. The ends at one side ofthe crossing point are provided with fastening devices or grips D sock.' At the upper end the grip jhasa' slot Ds to receivethe end oi lthe strap A or B, which is secured by sewing orotherwise. The straps are preferably of uneq'ual length, and one oi the ends opposite to those carrying the grips D, ,is provided with one member El of a detachable fastener of any suitable kind, such as a pin and eye. The other member (say, 'a keeperE) of this fastener is mountedloosely solas to 'be capableof sliding lengthwise, on a loop portion Bl of the longer strap B. To formv this loop portion, the strap is passed through a slide or buckle F in the well known manner shown in I Fig. 4. Thelength otth'eloop'B1 is thus readily ad` instable In using .the improved garter, the grips D are engaged with the sock S -on the left and right of the leg respectively, preferably somewhat in iront, as `shownin Fig. 2, the crossing point ofthe straps A, B being in they rear, and then the free ends of-the strapsare passed detachable fastener E, El. -The fastener and the slide or buckle F should preferably be adjusted to come on the inside ofthe leg (although for the sake ofv clearness, they have been shown more in iront), as in this inside position they are least liable to chate the skin.

We claim as our invention A garter comprising two crossed straps, one of which is longer than the other and each provided with a grip at one end, a slide through which bothof said straps pass in an undulating line at their point of crossing, means for forming anadjustable loop` at the other endof the longer strap and a detachable fastener for connecting.`

the free end of'the shorter strap ,with said loopt@- In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands in the presence oftlie subscribing witnesses. f -GRANVILLE L. BURTON.

. CLIFFORD J. FULLER.

Witnesses:

'JOHN Lorna, EUGENE EBLE. 

